Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion ... faith in the power of words.

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.

Any war that requires the suspension of reason as a necessity for support is a bad war.

America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those fortunate if incredibly stupid and smug White Protestants who live in the center, in the serene eye of the big wind.

I was thinking that surgeons had to be the happiest people on earth. To cut people up and get paid for it-that's happiness, I told myself.

Love asks us that we be a little braver than is comfortable, a little more generous, a little more flexible. It means living on the edge more than we care to.

Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

RECURRENT CURRENTSLike the ocean, life ebbs and flows with the occasional ripKamil Ali

There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.

This letter is written on the skin of one of the water sprites who drowned your parents.' 'Ick!' I cried, and dropped the letter on the kitchen table.

Enlightenment doesn't occur by accident. It is a deliberate decision that someone makes again and again. It is something you grow into and develop in.

Where the quality of life goes down for the environment, the quality of life goes down for humans.

Everyone in my book accuses everyone else of being crazy. Frankly, I think the whole society is nuts - and the question is: What does a sane man do in an insane society?

With every single role, you're not going to get a role unless you invest your whole heart into it.

Qualities of Good Citizens... is to admire what others have created in love and faith

The only true rule for cavalry is to follow the enemy as long as he retreats.